Artvin okrug
The Artvin okrug was a district of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire, existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative centre, Artvin, presently part of the Artvin Province of Turkey. The district bordered with the Olti okrug to the south, the Ardahan okrug to the east, the Batumi okrug to the north, and the Ottoman Empire to the west. Between 1883 and 1903, the Artvin okrug formed a part of the Kutaisi Governorate.
Administrative divisions
The prefectures of the Artvin okrug were:| Name | Administrative centre | 1912 population | Area |
| Ardanuchskiy prefecture | Ardanuch | 18,336 | |
| Artvinskiy prefecture | Artvin | 12,804 | |
| Shavsheto-Imerkhevskiy prefecture | Satlel-Rabat | 23,780 |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Artvin okrug had a population of 56,140 on, including 29,064 men and 27,076 women. The majority of the population indicated Turkish to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Georgian speaking minorities.| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Turkish | 41,468 | 73.87 |
| Armenian | 7,819 | 13.93 |
| Georgian | 5,506 | 9.81 |
| Ukrainian | 714 | 1.27 |
| Russian | 308 | 0.55 |
| Kurdish | 112 | 0.20 |
| Greek | 67 | 0.12 |
| Polish | 21 | 0.04 |
| Imeretian | 15 | 0.03 |
| German | 13 | 0.02 |
| Abkhazian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Tatar | 5 | 0.01 |
| Belarusian | 4 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 2 | 0.00 |
| Ossetian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 79 | 0.14 |
| TOTAL | 56,140 | 100.00 |